Atomizer



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ATOMIZER Filed Sept. 27, 1943 Qwwwwto b @Z'ZZz'azeZKvW Patented June 13,1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,351,226 v I t ATOMIZER William P.Pernhall, Atlantic City, N. J.

Application September 27, 1943, Serial No. 504,004 1 Claim. (01. 261-30)My invention relates to new and useful improvements in atomizers andmore particularly to an atomizer and hood that is designed to be quicklyand readily attached to an electric fan guard, so that the air put inmotion by the fan blades will be concentrated and confined within thehood, the nozzle of which extends over a tube extending down into acontainer, so that the air and liquid in the container will be entrainedand blown into the room.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an atomizer in whichmay be placed a disinfectant, insecticide, or deodorant; or on the otherhand a liquid may be placed in the atomizer that will purify, sweeten orperfume or scent the room.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an atomizer that isexceedingly simple in construction and may be readily and quicklyattached to the guard of an electric oscillating fan so that the air maybe quickly purified or sweetened as desired.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an exceedinglysimple form of atomizer wherein the air from an ordinary electric fanwill provide the necessary means for forcing the spray out in the airrather than using an atomizer on which there is a bulb or pump.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnew and novel arrangement and combination of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring now to the drawing showing a preferred embodiment:

Fig; 1 is a side elevational view showing the improved atomizer assecured to the guard of an electric fan;

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing a fragmentary portion ofthe cone which is to be attached to the fan guard.

Referring now more particular to the several views and for the moment toFig. 3, there is shown a container 1 having preferably a threaded neckI. There may also be seen a gasket 3 so that the bottle may be screwedtightly into the metal cap 2 which cap is supported on a threaded tube 4and held in position by the upper lock nut 5 and the lower nut 6.

This is the preferable construction as the lower portion of the tubecould then be shortened or lengthened depending on the depth of thecontainer. However, it will be understood that rather than using locknuts as shown, the cap might be soldered on the tube if so desired.

Secured near the upper end of the tube 4 by solder or otherwise is themetal support 1 which in turn is secured to a hood in the form of a cone8, which may be of plastic, metal, cardboard or any other desiredmaterial which is relatively light in weight.

Here it is to be understood that the hood is preferably cone shaped butit might be in the shape of a pyramid or any other desired shape thatwould confine and force the air under pressure through the nozzlethereof.

About the periphery of the cone may be seen a plurality of clamps 8which may be of a flexible metal so that they in turn may be clamped orbent about the wire guard l4 that is generally supplied with an electricfan.

At the apex of the cone may be seen the nozzle 9 that is in closeproximity to the upper end [0 of the tube 4 which it will be rememberedextends into the container I.

In Fig. 1 I have shown an oscillating electric fan standard H with itsmotor l2, fan blades l3 and its wire guard l4 and also the atomizer asclamped in operative position in front of the guard.

The operation will be readily understood. Briefly, if it is desired tospray a disinfectant into the room it will simply be necessary tounscrew the container I from its cap, pour in the desired liquid, screwthe container tightly up within its cap, and then place the cone infront of the fan guard and bend the small clamps 8 in a holdingposition.

The fan may then be started and the air from the blades will beconcentrated within the cone and as it is blown across the top I0 of thetube 4, the air and liquid will be entrained in the form of a fine sprayand forced into the room.

It will be understood that my improved atomizer is capable of a numberof applications as it may not only be used in a room to purify the airor scent the air, but it may easily be used with alcohol in a sick roomor might be used in closets where clothes are stored to spray aninsecticide into the closet to prevent moths from getting into theclothes, etc.

Finally it will be understood that although I have shown a threaded cap,the cap might be provided with an internal rubber gasket so that abottle can be forced up into the cap rather than threaded therein.

Many other slight changes might be also made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

An atomizer including a vertically extending entraining tube, a capsecured to said tube, a container fitted within the cap and the lowerportion of said tube extending into said container, a relatively largeimperforate hood, a nozzle formed in the apex of the hood, an angularsupport for the hood also formed on said entraining tube just above thesaid cap to so posltion the hood that the nozzle will extend directly infront of the upper end of the entraining tube, the bottom of thecontainer extending in a plane slightly below the lower edge of thehood, fastening means formed on the outer periphery of the hood andadapted to clamp the hood to the outer periphery of the guard of anoscillating fan, the bottom of the container adapted to extend in aplane slightly above the base of the oscillating fan, the base of thecontainer being flat, whereby the said container will be self-supportingwhen not clamped to the said fan guard.

WILLIAM P. PERNHALL.

